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January 31, 2012

January 31, 2012

SALLISAW â€” The Poteau High School basketball teams split their road games Friday night against Sallisaw's teams.
The Pirates made the Black Diamonds walk the plank in a 39-26 victory, but the Lady Black Diamonds mined a 51-32 win over the Lady Pirates.

January 31, 2012

ARKOMA â€” The Howe High School basketball teams got a sweep of the Arkoma squads Friday night at the Arkoma Gym.
The Lady Lions had a tussle for about 2.5 quarters before using their 14 3-point baskets to enable them to pull away for a 72-49 win over the Lady Mustangs.
In the boys' game, the Lions proved to be too much for the Mustangs as Howe beat Arkoma 57-34.

January 31, 2012

CAMERON â€” The Cameron Yellowjackets earned a share of the 2011-12 Green Valley Conference championship with a 57-51 win over the McCurtain Bulldogs Friday night at the Cameron Gym.
The win for the Yellowjackets, coupled with Wister's loss to Keota Friday night, gave the â€™Jackets a share of the Green Valley Conference title with the Wildcats.

January 31, 2012

CAMERON â€” Lady Luck returned to the Cameron Lady Yellowjackets.
Tasha Janway's buzzer-beating 3-point basket lifted the Lady â€™Jackets to a 43-41 come-from-behind win over the McCurtain Lady Bulldogs Friday night at the Cameron Gym.
The win gave the Cameron girls their second win of the season.
Heavener 54, Hartshorne 46: In Heavener, the Lady Wolves jumped out to a 10-6 lead after one period and never relinquished the advantage.

January 31, 2012

The Class 2A, 3A and 4A district playoff assignments will be announced, likely Thursday afternoon, by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association.
As is customary, there will be two teams in each district in Class 3A and 4A.

January 31, 2012

January 28, 2012

While the games were closer than in December when the Poteau High School basketball teams played McAlester at Brumley Gym, unfortunately for the Pirates and Lady Pirates the outcomes were the same Thursday night at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse.
The Pirates suffered a 60-58 loss to the Buffaloes, while the night began with the Lady Buffaloes beating the Lady Pirates 56-49.

January 28, 2012

LEFLORE â€” The Leflore Savages gave their coach, Todd Hackler, a nice birthday present Thursday night with a 49-12 win over the Bokoshe Tigers at the Leflore Gym.
Cameron 57, Gans 45: In Gans, in a game rescheduled from Nov. 18, 2011, due to the Grizzlies being in the Class B football playoffs, the Yellowjackets rallied from a 15-14 first-quarter deficit to get the come-from-behind win. The â€™Jackets outscored the Grizzlies 13-8 in the second quarter to take a 27-23 halftime lead. In the second half, Cameron outscored Gans 30-22 to preserve the road victory.

January 28, 2012

LEFLORE â€” Thanks to a strong third period, the Bokoshe Lady Tigers were able to keep the Leflore Lady Savages at bay to post a 40-30 win Thursday night at the Leflore Gym.
Arkoma 54, McCurtain 34: In McCurtain, the Lady Mustangs led pretty much from start to finish, jumping out to an 18-11 lead after one period.